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Plasma-turbulence suppression and transport-barrier formation by externally driven radiofrequency waves in spherical tokamaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2001

K. KOMOSHVILI ,
S. CUPERMAN  and
C. BRUMA
K. KOMOSHVILI
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel The College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel
S. CUPERMAN
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel
C. BRUMA
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel The College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel
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Abstract

Turbulent transport of heat and particles is the principle obstacle confronting controlled fusion today. We investigate quantitatively the suppression of turbulence and formation of transport barriers in spherical tokamaks by sheared electric fields generated by externally driven radiofrequency (RF) waves, in the frequency range ωA ∼ ω < ωci (where ωA and ωci are the Alfvén and ion cyclotron frequencies).

This investigation consists of the solution of the full-wave equation for a spherical tokamak in the presence of externally driven fast waves and the evaluation of the power dissipation by the mode-converted Alfvén waves. This in turn provides a radial flow shear responsible for the suppression of plasma turbulence. Thus a strongly nonlinear equation for the radial sheared electric field is solved, and the turbulent transport suppression rate is evaluated and compared with the ion temperature gradient (ITG) instability increment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , April 2001 , pp. 235 - 253
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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